The 2017-2018 Aviva Rugby Union Premiership regular season concluded on Saturday with week 22 fixtures.
Each season, I monitor performances against the previous season’s ranking (at the end of the regular season).
My data for 2017-2018 are:
(Legend: green expected win, blue expected loss, gold unexpected win, red unexpected loss.)
In an act of spontaneous synchronicity, the 2017-2018 season ended with the 2016-2017 rankings in performance. Week 12 had the same synchronicity.
My template for next year’s, 2018-2019 regular season will be:
- Exeter (-1)
- Saracens (-1)
- Wasps (+2)
- Newcastle (-4)
- Leicester (+1)
- Bath (+1)
- Gloucester (-2)
- Sale (-2)
- Northampton (+2)
- Harlequins (+4)
- Worcester (=)
- Bristol (Promoted)
Photo Credit
Foot bridge to Sandy Park (Home of Exeter Chiefs) (Jon Cordery, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
